Re: Tooth brushing question(my success so far)

[Guest guest]

By the way, I don't remember if I mentioned this or not...

Last summer I had two root canals. I finished one with a titanium post,

didn't have the money for the other. So I have a big hole in my tooth down

to the bottom where the root is, but with a temporary calcium-based filling

in it. After a whiel, the filling wore away. After so much, it completely

wore away, and there was *constantly* food stuck in it, which I had to scrape

out with a toothpick after I ate, but I never got it fully clean.

Now of course this is all after I started " doing NT " .

I kept procrastinating getting the termporary filling in because I am an

idiot. After I forgot how long, I went to the dentist. He asked how long it

was like that (that is, with the temp filling completely worn away). I

couldn't remember so I said a month.

He checked the tooth and was amazed to find it was hard inside. He told me

if anyone else went a month with the temp filling worn away the inside would

turn to mush and the whole tooth would collapse. He had no idea why that

didn't happen to me.

Well guess what. When I went home, I realized it had been THREE months since

it had worn away.

Guess this diet *is* doing something to strengthen my teeth!

Chris

____

" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian

[Guest guest]

I'm going on 2 years with a temporary filling... Probably not the greatest thing

to do, but Oh well..

----- Original Message -----

From: ChrisMasterjohn@...

Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:04 PM

Subject: Re: Tooth brushing question(my success so far)

By the way, I don't remember if I mentioned this or not...

Last summer I had two root canals. I finished one with a titanium post,

didn't have the money for the other. So I have a big hole in my tooth down

to the bottom where the root is, but with a temporary calcium-based filling

in it. After a whiel, the filling wore away. After so much, it completely

wore away, and there was *constantly* food stuck in it, which I had to scrape

out with a toothpick after I ate, but I never got it fully clean.

Now of course this is all after I started " doing NT " .

I kept procrastinating getting the termporary filling in because I am an

idiot. After I forgot how long, I went to the dentist. He asked how long it

was like that (that is, with the temp filling completely worn away). I

couldn't remember so I said a month.

He checked the tooth and was amazed to find it was hard inside. He told me

if anyone else went a month with the temp filling worn away the inside would

turn to mush and the whole tooth would collapse. He had no idea why that

didn't happen to me.

Well guess what. When I went home, I realized it had been THREE months since

it had worn away.

Guess this diet *is* doing something to strengthen my teeth!

Chris

____

" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian